Chisbury
| Chisbury | |
 St. Martin's Chapel |
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 Chisbury
Chisbury shown within Wiltshire |
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| OS grid reference | SU277663 |
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| Civil parish | Little Bedwyn |
| Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Ceremonial county | Wiltshire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Marlborough |
| Postcode district | SN8 |
| Dialling code | 01672 |
| Police | Wiltshire |
| Fire | Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Devizes |
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Chisbury is a hamlet and prehistoric hill fort in the civil parish of Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Chisbury is about 4 miles (6 km) west of Hungerford and about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Marlborough.
History
At 176 metres (577 ft) above sea level, Chisbury hillfort is the highest point in Little Bedwyn parish[1] and encloses an area of about 14 acres (5.7 ha).[2] Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts have been found in the area, but the hillfort was most probably built in the late Iron Age in the 1st century AD.[1]
St. Martin's chapel seems to have been built in the early part of the 13th century.[1] There are written records of it from 1246 onwards and its surviving architecture is contemporary with that period.[1] The windows have the remains of good-quality tracery in a style that suggests they were made in the latter part of the 13th century.[1][2] Between 1496 and 1518 St. Martin's lacked a priest, but it was served again from 1518 until 1547.[1] Thereafter St. Martin's lapsed from use for worship and was turned into a barn.[1] It was re-roofed in the 19th century and is a listed building, but in 1998 its condition was semi-ruinous.[1]
Knowle Farm, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Chisbury, has a 14th-century chapel[1] which is now an outbuilding of the farmhouse.[1] A blocked ogee-headed north window and the surround of the east window are the only surviving features.[3] The farmhouse is a brick-built Georgian house of five bays dated 1735.[3]
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External links
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